Rock on Elmwood Hill The Witch and the Dream Ride
A midnight voyage with an Irish American witch guides Micky Begg on a broom to glimpse a distant manor and his love Nora. The journey shows a life with Donnell O Rourke and a peaceful home, ending as Micky wakes from a dream atop Elmwood Rock.
Tragedy on the Rock Draws Suspicions of Murder
Mrs Skelly overhears Delf Begg plotting a crime then witnesses his return with stolen money. Police raid the Begg home to find Mrs Begg murdered by strangulation, and Delf Begg charged as the killer while Micky Begg protests his innocence. Nora learns of the tragedy and seeks comfort from Donnell.
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Delf
Mrs. Begg
Polle
Micky Begg
Dolf
Nannnery
Bates
Don Begg
Mr. Nannery
Prelex O'Rourke
The Decetion of Circumstantial EvidenceExposed in Dolf Beggs Case
In a tense courtroom saga, Dolf Beggs faces murder charges after the Beggs family tragedy. A key confession letter from Phelim O Rourke reveals a planned mercy killing, altering the fate of Dolf who is sentenced to years in prison instead of hanging. Nora and Donnell O Rourke seek new lives after trauma.
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Dolf
O’rourkes
Elmwood Hill
Nora
Phelim O'Rourke
Donnell
Woolf
Nannery
O’rourke
Mr. Nannery
O'Rourke
Mr. Nennery
Echoes Return in the Deep Hall Mystery
The scene describes eerie whispers and sudden shrieks from unseen sources as hidden memories surface. A guide hushes the group, then a tender resonance emerges from a forgotten recess, restoring a mellow, mysterious harmony throughout the hall.
We’ll Be Boys in the Broadway Car
Three elderly men with white hair board a Broadway car and argue over who should sit down. The youngest is about 70, the oldest perhaps 80. They defer to one another, each offering the seat until the 80-year-old finally sits, quipping that “we boys will be boys.”
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Micky Begg
Micky
Ark
Woodland
New York Herald
Japanese water power enterprise near Tokyo with American hardware
Near Lake Biwa, seven miles from Tokyo, Japan unveils a water power project using electric motors and turbines. A two mile canal connects Lake Biwa to Kioto, with a 118 foot drop, 2000 foot inclined planeways, and water wheels driving generators and motors for mills, a watch factory, and lighting. Cost about 1.5 million dollars. planned by engineer Tenabe, but water wheels, danomos, motors, and lamps are American.
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Japan
Tokio
Biwa
Kioto
Tenabe
He Installed a Buttonhole Tin Hint on Laundry Day
Private soldiers rely on laundresses and wives for wash and repairs. Pat McGinnis faced repeated collar button issues with his shirt and, after venting, attached a tin backing to the shirt. The laundress responded by sewing a matching buttonhole to fit the improvised button.
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Pat McGinnis
Bexorra
Bull-Fighting in Spain Steady or Growing Sport
Statistical review shows Spanish bullfighting not declining with 289 first class bouts and 1594 bulls killed this year in major cities including Madrid Seville Barcelona and Valencia. Novillos fights totaled 307 with 1407 bulls slain. Two picadors were killed and sixteen espadas banderillos wounded. Across events six to eight bulls per course die, Madrid special two day bout ended with eighteen bulls killed. horses gored by the dozen on some days.
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Spain
Madrid
Seville
Barcelona
Valencia
Churn science and butter quality discussed in dairy note
A brief discussion notes that many patents exist on churns but the best churn remains undiscovered. It emphasizes that butter quality depends not only on the churn but also on cream ripening, proper churning temperatures, and handling methods during processing.
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